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Well, I've started to amass a sizeable collection of completed drawings and WIP's of FD scale vehicles for my Cenet AU, and I will from now on post them here.
First up is the Werlen Korp. D9, a carrier-borne fighterbomber of 1944. This drawing has been updated from it's previous version and its now slightly shorter.

Starting in 1943, the Cenetian Naval Air Corps. began to look for a replacement for their A6M Zeros. Due to a crumbled alliance with Japan, it was decided to give a domestic builder a turn. The main focus of this design was to be a medium fighterbomber with medium to long range capabilities. After a contest, Werlen Korp. was awarded a contract for it's D9 design. Starting production in early 1944, it was put into production, and was introduced in December of that year.
The D9 was well liked by flight crews, though pilots occasionally complained of the cramped cockpit. The D9 was the newest aircraft used by Cenet in WWII, the last prop fighter in service. No D9's were left in active service by 1953, being used as trainers until 1956.
I present the old version for comparison:

Next is the Werllen Korp. D6 Arrowhawk, an Army Air Corps. fighter built from 1939-41.

The Werlen Korp. D6 "Arrowhawk" was used by the CAAC (Cenetian Army Air Corps.) during WWII. A much welcomed replacement of the Ki-10, the Arrowhawk served primarily as a land based fighter/intereceptor, with some being modified to carry a small payload. Armed with 6 15mm guns and highly manuverable, they were a favorite amongst crews.
Next is the Sonderson AB-2, a 1929 floatplane used for reconnosence and torpedo bombing.

Now for armor, staring with the Y-4 Kyrgest.

The Y-4 Kyrgest was the standard medium tank used by the Cenetian Army from 1940 to 1945, when it was phased out by the newer Y-5. Designed as a scaled up German Panzer, the Y-4 was built to handle the rough Cenetian terrain. This, however, proved to cause difficulties for the tanks when employed elsewhere, and relatively limited the design in numbers, being used employed on the Cenetian mainland, China, and the Kopek Islands. Some Y-4's were sent to fight on the Eastern Front in mid-1944, where they well complimented the similar but larger Russian T-34's.
Lastly we have the YL-6, a 1935 light tank with a 30mm cannon.

The YL-6 was one of the most successful light tanks built by Cenet, even serving on alongside it's replacement, the YL-7. First introduced int 1935, the YL-6 was used extensively in conjunction with the Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go in China and throughout the Pacific. Nicknamed "The Beetle" by her 3 man crews, the YL-6 was slightly tempermental at times but could handle almost all terrain, albeit somewhat slowly.

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Nice work, Raxar.
I would just say that rivets on aircraft, especially D6 look bit excessive.

Thanks Eswube!
In terms of rivets, I try to leave them off unless the aircraft looks kind of blank without them.

This picture show 4 different options I've come up with, no rivets, original shading, and 2 lighter shades, one darker than the other.

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Personally I would opt for "no rivets" with panel lines being lighter.
If You insist for having the rivets, then I would go for "modified light shading".
And besides, maybe it would work if You made rivets not one line apart from panel lines, but adjacent to them, so it would look like "teeth" (or medieval castle walls).
Generally showing rivets is rather rare in FD scale, generally used only rarely on some particular parts where they are for some reason particularly visible.
Rhade made a significant use of rivets on his Tachikawa Ki-94 drawing (of never-weres), but he used rivets largely instead of panel lines.
http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... 100#p75100

'Modified light shading' gets my vote, the colours look just right. The rivets make it look a lot more detailed, realistic and much less 'flat' to me. Great looking aircraft, Raxar, I hope to see more from Cenet in the future!

I have to say the D6 looks about as graceful as a bag of old shoes. Not a bad drawing though.

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Thanks everyone! I've updated the drawing with the Modified Light shading version.
Design-wise the D6 is supposed to be an amalgamation of a Yak-9 and a P-40. I may eventually make a "Sea Arrow" version.

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Raxar, the P-40B was done by me. Other than that a good drawing.

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Thanks Nighthunter!
I didn't actually use any parts of the P-40, I just traced the nose of an old line drawing of it I found on a flashdrive that I haven't used in a while. ALVAMA and Radome are credited as the tail is from ALVAMA's Fokker G1 and the wing is slightly modified from Radome's Ki-115. The rest of it, other than the prop blades (Ki-115), and the canopy (Yak-9), were drawn by me using the P-40 and Yak-9 as a general guide.

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